Blumenthal, Jacques. (1829–1908). "Why So Pale," Original Autograph Song Manuscript. Original autograph manuscript for voice and piano, signed and titled at the head on the first page. 4 pp. and in very fine condition. A rare original manuscript from the composer celebrated in his day primarily for his songs, many of which were popularized by Charles Santley.
"He entered the Paris conservatory in 1846, studying the piano as a pupil of Henri Herz and Jacques Halévy. In 1848 he settled in London, becoming pianist to Queen Victoria and a fashionable teacher, and was naturalized as a British subject...Blumenthal published numerous short piano pieces and a very large number of songs, some of which...achieved a lasting popularity."
"He entered the Paris conservatory in 1846, studying the piano as a pupil of Henri Herz and Jacques Halévy. In 1848 he settled in London, becoming pianist to Queen Victoria and a fashionable teacher, and was naturalized as a British subject...Blumenthal published numerous short piano pieces and a very large number of songs, some of which...achieved a lasting popularity."
Blumenthal, Jacques. (1829–1908). "Why So Pale," Original Autograph Song Manuscript. Original autograph manuscript for voice and piano, signed and titled at the head on the first page. 4 pp. and in very fine condition. A rare original manuscript from the composer celebrated in his day primarily for his songs, many of which were popularized by Charles Santley.
"He entered the Paris conservatory in 1846, studying the piano as a pupil of Henri Herz and Jacques Halévy. In 1848 he settled in London, becoming pianist to Queen Victoria and a fashionable teacher, and was naturalized as a British subject...Blumenthal published numerous short piano pieces and a very large number of songs, some of which...achieved a lasting popularity."
"He entered the Paris conservatory in 1846, studying the piano as a pupil of Henri Herz and Jacques Halévy. In 1848 he settled in London, becoming pianist to Queen Victoria and a fashionable teacher, and was naturalized as a British subject...Blumenthal published numerous short piano pieces and a very large number of songs, some of which...achieved a lasting popularity."